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The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s historic health care law Thursday – a defining moment in the 2012 race for the White House. The stunning ruling – unexpected from a Court led by conservatives – was a huge victory for Obama, who staked much of his term on passing the national plan. Read more: [New York Daily News]

Police Search For Boyfriend Of Queens Homicide Victim

Police are looking for the live-in boyfriend of a Queens woman found dead in her apartment. Authorities said they want to talk to 33-year old Jason Bohn in connection with the Tuesday night death of 27-year old Danielle Thomas. Read more: [NY1]

Police Search For Boyfriend In Connection With Murder Of Danielle Thomas Of Astoria

A man is suspected of killing his girlfriend after once threatening to hunt her down, “like a dog in the streets.” Several instances of documented domestic abuse caused Danielle Thomas, 27, to flee her Astoria apartment building, where police found her dead Tuesday night. The big question now is why did she return? Read more: [1010wins]

Newly-minted Democratic nominee Assemblywoman Grace Meng kicked off her Sixth District Congressional run by thanking voters and challenging her Republican opponent, City Councilman Dan Halloran, to keep race and religion out of the campaign. Meanwhile, Halloran issued his first statement, in which he congratulated Meng, but painted her as a tax-and-spend candidate. Read more: [New York Daily News]

A mortally wounded man who was shot multiple times in Queens, turned to a random stranger parking nearby for help, but after the horrified woman dashed away, the bleeding victim briefly hopped into her car only to crash after succumbing to his injuries, police sources said. Read More: New York Post

Teen Charged In Fatal Shooting At Queens Housing Complex

Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a Queens man over the weekend. Lacorey Johnson, 19, is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Officers answering a call about an assault at the Astoria Houses Sunday afternoon found Tysheen Davis, 23, in a building lobby with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. “I was coming out to the store and then I seen what happened. But like I said, we’ve got to do more loving and caring for each other and stop all of this shooting gang-banging,” said one Astoria Houses resident. Read More: NY1

Ex-DA’s hubby Al Pirro threatens workers in ‘restaurant rage’

Al Pirro — the estranged hubby of former Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro — went berserk at a tony Scarsdale restaurant over the weekend, throwing a punch at a waiter and drunkenly threatening to bump off the entire staff, sources told The Post. “You don’t know who the f–k we are! I’m going to have you all killed!’’ Al Pirro allegedly screamed during the Saturday-night fracas, the sources said yesterday. Read More: New York Post

A mob turncoat copped to killing eight people, in a bloody prelude to his explosive testimony today against two former Colombo hoodlums. Made man-turned-cooperating witness Dino “Big Dino” Calabro nonchalantly admitted to those slayings during the federal murder and racketeering trials of Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli, 59, and Dino “Little Dino” Saracino, 39. Read More: New York Post

Brooklyn child seriously injured by city bus

A child is in serious condition after being struck by a city bus in Williamsburg today, authorities said. The young girl was struck on the corner of Lorimer Street and Marcy Avenue by a B48 bus at 9:37 a.m., said a spokeswoman for the MTA. Read More: New York Post

Obama Healthcare Challenge Begins In Supreme Court

As the U.S. Supreme Court wades into the constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama’s controversial health care overhaul, demonstrators are making some noise outside the court. Many of the protesters this morning carried signs calling on the court to uphold the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” passed by Congress in 2010. It aims to provide health insurance to more than 30 million uninsured Americans. Read More: NY1

Jets’ New Backup QB Tebow Addresses Media

Tebowmania reached new heights today as the New York Jets introduced their new quarterback at a press conference in Florham Park, N.J. The Jets traded draft picks to the Broncos for Tebow, who led Denver to the playoffs last year but lost his job when the Broncos signed Peyton Manning. Read More: NY1